I'm not sure I understand the use of "de pas faire" completely. I thought it mean "to not do" but the phrase "libre de pas faire comme on nous dit" seems to translate as "free to do as we are told" instead of "free to not do as we are told".
What am I missing?
The proper construct would be “libre de ne pas faire” (which might indeed become “libre de pas faire” in familiar settings).
I would indeed translate “Libre de ne pas faire comme on nous dit.” as “Free not to do as we’re told”, as in “I might choose to ignore what you tell me and do something else”, not as in “I might choose to do what you tell me to”.
From my understanding, there's a difference between
Ceci est à ne pas faire (literally, This is to not do)
meaning this has to not be done (please don't do it), and
Ceci n'est pas à faire (literally, This is not to do)
meaning this is not needed (but could eventually, if you really want).
